Racing News: June 3 Morning Report

Jordan Hasay Won’t Let an Injury Stop Her
The Oregon Project star has been plagued by plantar fasciitis. “It's really frustrating," she told the Oregonian. "I took a lot of time off and it's still lingering.” Hasay, who had been injury-free for much of her heralded high school, college, and professional career, has lately been running on underwater and anti-gravity treadmills to minimize the usual pounding. She’s hoping to be ready for a 5000 at the Portland Track Classic on June 13. More

Jenny Simpson Helped as Her Husband Trained for Boston
Simpson set a new American indoor two-mile record this winter and won the 1500 at the Prefontaine Classic last Saturday. In between, she was deeply supportive while her husband, Jason, prepared for the Boston Marathon in April. For Simpson, his dedication, in the form of harder workouts, more regular hours, and a better diet was “so inspiring for me to watch,” she said. With some role reversal for the couple during Jason’s serious training, Jenny did most of the cooking, supervised a bathroom remodel, and did the bulk of the Simpsons’ tax preparation. Jason, on a windy day, responded with a 2:25:47 in his first Boston. More

Hey, Today Is National Running Day!
It’s the seventh year for the celebration of all things running, with special activities scheduled all over the country. Organized group runs are planned in places like Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Houston, the Twin Cities, and Hawaii, some of them at hours when running solidarity is not often easy to find. There are chances to win prizes by posting your running photos on social media, and apps for virtual runs with encouraging messages by Kara Goucher and Carrie Tollefson. More

Here Are Ways in Which Runners Are Strange or Normal
In a survey in conjunction with National Running Day, 35 percent of respondents say that prerace romance improves their (race) performance, more people channel Forrest Gump than Rocky Balboa while running, and men want legs like David Beckham's. Women prefer that theirs be like Cameron Diaz's. Blisters are considered more of an annoyance than GI distress or chafing. Brooks Running Company and Wakefield Research conducted the survey. More

Philadelphia Runners Race Rush Hour Traffic
In the appropriately named Beat the Commute, with evening rush hour traffic gridlocked, 40 people raced a car and a bus from a spot near the University of Pennsylvania to an area six miles away. One runner beat the bus and about a dozen got to their destination faster than the car. One of the event’s organizers explained, “the fact that so many of us beat the car proves that you shouldn’t be driving solo.” More

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